Our favorite travelin' Hooters Girl could have used some advice from Stacy London & Clinton Kelly. However, most of the time, when watching TLC's "What Not To Wear", I am cringing and covering my eyes, while peeking out between my fingers, out of sheer embarrassment for the verbal fashion-whipping the poor, only-semi-willing participant, is receiving.

I understand, it makes for good TV when the hosts are snarky, but I feel like the British duo (Trinny & Susannah) of the BBC America version, have really mastered the gentle wardrobe rebuke, while their brash American counterparts could use a little sensitivity training.

Stacy London is inifinitely more appealing on my new favorite show, "Fashion Fanatic" (TLC, check your local listings). I stumbled across this show while ~~avoiding my myriad to-do's~~ knitting sweaters for Chinese orphans, in front of the television this past weekend.

Stacy was absolutely in her element: guiding us through Parisian shoe boutiques, while chit-chatting with Christian Louboutin, or touring the Ferragamo workshop, repeating the three Italian words she knows to the non-English speaking cobbler. She was as excited about the all the shoe-i-ness as I was (it's a word), and her obvious love and enthusiasm for fashion made the show that much more fun to watch. I didn't cringe once.

Okay, maybe once, when Stacy paid a visit to some sort of cosmetic podiatrist (not sure if that is an actual profession), and the doctor injected something, like restalyn or botox or Pamela Anderson, into the balls of Stacy's feet - supposedly to alleviate stiletto pain. Yikes! Just pick up some Dr. Scholl's gel inserts! Much less prickly and invasive!

Just like Stacy's new show.